Setting the Scene

Leading scholars provide introductions to the evening play.

20 May A Midsummer Night's Dream John Sutherland
John Sutherland is the Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College London and a Professor of Literature at The California Institute of Technology. He is the author of many books, including Is Henry V a War Criminal? (with Cedric Watts).

27 May A Midsummer Night's Dream Clare McManus, Roehampton University

3 June King Lear Gordon McMullan, Kings College, University of London
10 June The Merry Wives of Windsor Russ MacDonald, Goldsmiths College, University of London
17 June The Merry Wives of Windsor Nigel Wood
24 June King Lear Laurie Maguire, Oxford University

1 July A Midsummer Night's Dream Jane Kingsley-Smith, Roehampton University, University of London
15 July King Lear Stanley Wells, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
22 July King Lear Peter Holland, Notre Dame University
29 July King Lear Graham Holderness, University College London

5 August The Merry Wives of Windsor Paul Edmondson, The Shakespeare Bithplace Trust
12 August King Lear Tom Healy
19 August The Merry Wives of Windsor Lois Potter
26 August A Midsummer Night's Dream Juliet Dusinberre, Cambridge University

9 September The Merry Wives of Windsor Michael Dobson, Birkbeck, University of London
16 September Timon of Athens Gretchen Minton
23 September A Midsummer Night's Dream Farah Karim-Cooper, Shakespeare's Globe

Tuesdays at 6pm
Tickets: £5 (£4 FoSG/concs), £3 students

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